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Sounds Lose To 'Hawks In Rain-Shortened Game

Published on April 9, 2008 under Pacific Coast League (PCL1)
Nashville Sounds News Release


OKLAHOMA CITY - The Nashville Sounds lost their third straight game to the Oklahoma RedHawks on Wednesday afternoon at AT&T Bricktown Ballpark, falling 2-1 in a six-inning, rain-shortened contest.

With the loss, Nashville fell to 1-6 on the young season, matching the club's worst start since 1998 (1-6).

Rehabbing starter Yovani Gallardo (0-1) worked all 5 1/3 innings for the Sounds before rain stopped the game in the bottom of the sixth inning. The right-hander threw 90 pitches (58 for strikes) and allowed two runs on six hits. He struck out seven batters while walking one in taking the loss.

Oklahoma grabbed a 2-0 lead in the fourth when the RedHawks opened the frame with three straight hits off Gallardo. Former Sound Nelson Cruz led off with a single and moved to third on a Nate Gold double before both players scored on catcher Jarrod Saltalamacchia's two-run single to right. Gold's double was the only extra-base hit allowed by Gallardo on the afternoon.

Nashville pulled within a run in the top of the fifth when Brad Nelson led off with a double to left and scored to make it a 2-1 contest two batters later on Russell Branyan's RBI two-bagger to left.

Oklahoma starter A.J. Murray (1-0) held the Sounds to one run on two hits, the two fifth-inning doubles, over his six innings of work as he picked up his first victory. He struck out five batters and walked none.

With his fifth-inning double, Nelson extended his hitting streak to five games, matching the longest by a Nashville player this season. Sounds outfielder Hernan Iribarren went 0-for-3 in the weather-shortened affair to snap his season-opening hit streak at five games.

The Sounds will look to avoid a sweep when the clubs wrap up the series with a 7:05 p.m. finale on Thursday evening. Left-hander Chris Narveson (0-1, 3.60) will man the bump for the Sounds and face RedHawks eight-hander Doug Mathis (1-0, 1.13).

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